HR 3704 112th Congress House Agriculture and Food Animal and plant health Animal protection and human-animal relationships Food supply, safety, and labeling Livestock

Downed Animal and Food Safety Protection Act

Introduced: December 16, 2011 See on congress.gov

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Jan 17, 2012

Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry.

Dec 16, 2011

Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.

Dec 16, 2011

Introduced in House

Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Downed Animal and Food Safety Protection Act - States that it is U.S. policy that all nonambulatory livestock in interstate and foreign commerce be immediately and humanely euthanized when such livestock become nonambulatory.

Amends the Humane Methods of Slaughter Act of 1958 to direct the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) to promulgate regulations providing for the humane treatment, handling, and disposition of nonambulatory livestock by specified entities, including a requirement that nonambulatory livestock be humanely euthanized.

Requires an entity to: (1) humanely euthanize nonambulatory livestock (while not limiting the Secretary's ability to test nonambulatory livestock for disease, such as bovine spongiform encephalopathy), and (2) not move nonambulatory livestock unless required for a specific test for disease.

Prohibits an inspector at an establishment covered by the Federal Meat Inspection Act from passing through inspection any nonambulatory livestock, carcass, or carcass parts and requires an inspector at such establishment to label such material as "inspected and condemned."

What's happening now January 17, 2012

Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry.

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